ἐξάλειπτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐξαλείφω (exaleíphō, “to anoint”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ek.sá.leːp.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.lip.tron/
Noun
ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον • (exắleiptron) n (genitive ἐξᾰλείπτρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον tò exắleiptron |
τὼ ἐξᾰλείπτρω tṑ exăleíptrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ tằ exắleiptră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐξᾰλείπτρου toû exăleíptrou |
τοῖν ἐξᾰλείπτροιν toîn exăleíptroin |
τῶν ἐξᾰλείπτρων tôn exăleíptrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐξᾰλείπτρῳ tōî exăleíptrōi |
τοῖν ἐξᾰλείπτροιν toîn exăleíptroin |
τοῖς ἐξᾰλείπτροις toîs exăleíptrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον tò exắleiptron |
τὼ ἐξᾰλείπτρω tṑ exăleíptrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ tằ exắleiptră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐξᾰ́λειπτρον exắleiptron |
ἐξᾰλείπτρω exăleíptrō |
ἐξᾰ́λειπτρᾰ exắleiptră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐξάλειπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐξάλειπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐξάλειπτρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)